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Pah! Paying for gigs in the 1970s was for suckers. Used to get into Wembley and Rainbow for free back in the day thanks to knowing someone on the doors.
Don't do that these days, but I do get the occasional freebie. Got 4 tickets for All Points East this summer which my nephew was very grateful for. Also got a freebie when Rats played Roundhouse last time around, but I already bought a ticket, so no gain. And swapped a t-shirt for a Rats ticket in Cork.
Can't do it now, Bob wrote SLAY and it exploded into the surveillance world we now live in. Me and my mates went to Alton Towers twice and just climbed over the flimsy perimeter fence. Mind you, the rides were not much cop back then.
On the subject of freebies, we used to get our cutlery and bowls and glasses from petrol stations and all sorts with Green Shield stamps.
Can't do it now, Bob wrote SLAY and it exploded into the surveillance world we now live in. Me and my mates went to Alton Towers twice and just climbed over the flimsy perimeter fence. Mind you, the rides were not much cop back then.
Glastonbury used to be easy to bunk into before it turned into Colditz. Never went myself but know plenty who did day trips. Also they didn't have to sleep in the mud.
There are still a few smaller festivals where they are not too vigilant. When we went to Brentwood to see Squeeze, we just walked in no questions asked. Only went back after being there an hour and showed tickets to get a couple of plastic beakers, but could easily have got in without paying and just bought bottles of beer from the concessions.
The big London festivals are a pain in the ass. Long snaking queues before they take your bottle of water as you enter. I normally just crush an empty bottle and stick it in my pocket days and fill with the drinking taps inside. Stopped drinking beer at all dayers because I just cannot bear the toilets nor leaving a good vantage point. Of course many don't bother with the toilets, preferring to go where they stand. And that's the girls!
But as I wrote, I do get a few freebies from various contacts. Most are discarded as they are things I would have to be paid to go to (Mick Hucknall at RAH) but some are quite good. Got free Arsenal ticket for Europa League the other week.
